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DEFENDING CHAMPION Shericka Jackson will be looking to spoil the party for St Lucia’s Julien Alfred and the United States’s Melissa Jefferson-Wooden when the women’s 200 metres takes centre stage in Tokyo. Jackson, the second-fastest woman ever...

PROVIDENCE, Guyana (CMC): IN A heart-stopping finish that epitomised the drama of the Republic Bank Caribbean Premier League, the St Kitts...

JAMAICA’s bronze medal won in the 200-metre Major Mixed Final at the fourth Bahamas Chinese Dragon Boat Festival, August 30-31, has sparked a female run on the sport, which debuted locally at Port Royal in late May. Denise Romero-Williams, who...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) Barbados Royals skipper Rovman Powell and Chris Green produced clinical performances to finally end their side’s drought with a comprehensive 27-run victory over defending champs and table leaders St Lucia Kings yesterday...

BLACK Bombshell (Northern Giant-Buyabook), a $4.5-million sale-topper at the 2019 Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association’s Yearling Sale, and retired after earning a measly $39,950 from four starts, yesterday rewarded Trinidadian owner Chevan...

Harbour View coach Bjorn Thomas said he is under no immediate pressure from the club hierarchy after the team suffered their second consecutive defeat and are yet to get a win in the Jamaica Premier League (JPL) this season. Harbour View fell 5-2...

NEW YORK (AP): So maybe the first US Open final between young, elite rivals Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner wasn’t as long, riveting and dramatic as their matchup to decide the championship at the French Open. Perhaps it wasn’t as seemingly...

Jamaica College’s Evans Tetteh and Pacers’ Cecile Heinrich copped the male and female 10K titles, respectively, at the fifth staging of the MBJ Team Sangster Charity Run/Walk in Montego Bay yesterday. In cool conditions, nearly 4,000 participants...

DEFENDING CHAMPIONS Kingston College (KC) began their ISSA/WATA Manning Cup title defence with a convincing 3-0 win over Charlie Smith at Stadium East yesterday, thanks to a strong second-half display. KC were led to victory by Shareef Ricketts’...

WHEN GABRIELLE Matthews steps onto the track in Tokyo for her World Championships debut in the women’s 200 metres, she will be carrying more than her own ambitions. She will be carrying the pride of her alma mater, The Queen’s School. The 22-year-...

MIAMI (AP): TICKET PRICES for next year’s World Cup will range initially from US$60 for group-stage matches to US$6,730 for the final, but could change as football’s top event adopts dynamic pricing for the first time. The prices are up from a...

GENEVA (AP): FIFA HAS fined six national federations, including defending champions Argentina, for racist abuse by fans at World Cup qualifiers in June. The six nations charged with “discrimination and racist abuse” were Albania, Argentina, Chile,...